When you were young

                                            When you were young


          You kicked up the dust and sent a million dreams up into the heavens
                                      A swirl of magnectic innocence
                You skipped over slippery stones of self-consciousness
                                      and laughed fear in the face
                                      Your pure love and honesty
                                    Sharp to the heart of the cynical
                                And endearing to the heart of the wise

                                        Holding hands with Grace
                                        Cradled by good fortune
                                      Pure, wholsome and fearless
                                    Scars on your knees and elbows
                                    Sandcastles and yellow buckets
                          Pink tricycles and the highest tree you ever saw
                      A little boy named Courage was your "bestest" friend

                      Your sponge-like brain shaped like flowers and clouds
                                        This is red, this is yellow
                                            One to a hundred
                    Buzzing bees and licking dogs, sequined tu-tu's and hair-clips
                      The time you really danced like no one was watching
      With golden sunshine and the story of your imagination told all over your face

      Skipping cartwheels of childish laughter now echo through your tainted mind
                        Memories flicker and flock at the back of your eyes
                                Sweeping you away on Aladdin's carpet
                            Up and over the lush fields of your childhood
                  Down and around to rest under the biggest tree you ever saw
                                          When you were young.